Won’t you come home, Jim Crow? Oh, they wish we were in Dixie!

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http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/2649


Are you an African American? Are you poor? Are you elderly? Do you reside in the city? Are you a young person living in a college town? Are you planning on voting in 2012? You had better start making other plans for Election Day.

The Republican party is at this very moment mounting a campaign that, if successful, will disenfranchise the voting rights of African Americans—and everyone else who tends to vote left-of-center—all across America. Isn’t that sweet? They understand all-too-well that the mysterious and unknowable segment of the population that the sociologists describe as “moderate” or “swing voters” (I call them “purple agitators” myself) are starting to become disgusted by the extremists who hijacked the Grand Old Party decades ago. What to do? Not to worry! Just bypass that nasty ol’ Voting Rights Act of 1965. That’ll learn ’em!

The tactics they so lovingly introduced in Florida in 2000 and then again in Ohio in 2004 are about to go nationwide. Think of it as some weird and twisted musical comedy that was edited and polished in a handful of out-of-the-way off-Broadway theaters before the grand opening on the Great WHITE Way. How could this possibly happen? How could it be that the “party of Abraham Lincoln” is stooping so low as to steal from millions of people so fundamental a right? What has happened to the GOP? Historically speaking, something just ain’t right! A little history lesson is in order here:

-snip telling how they are doing it-

What the Republicans have planned for 2012 is a subtle coup d’etat. “Subtle,” that is, if you’re not paying attention. If you rely on Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda empire for your news and information you will be forgiven for not having noticed that any of this is happening in this once-great nation. But it is happening. Don’t take my word for it; look it up for yourself. These hideous bastards and bitches have a plan for this republic and it doesn’t turn out well for the rest of us. Wake up—if you haven’t already.
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1. They've made it even harder here in Florida

To the point that the deterrents for REGISTERING people to vote are so severe the League of Women Voters will no longer be doing any registration at all. The forms have to be returned to the Supervisor of Elections within 48 hours or there is a $5000 fine PER FORM.

When a respected completely non-partisan organization like the League of Women Voters is frightened away from registering voters, you KNOW that the law is wrong.

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5. Eric Holder. pickup on Line One.

Eric Holder, Line One. :grr:

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6. The League of Women Voters did have a lawsuit against pRick Scott

To stop this law. I am not sure of the status - they may have lost.

Here is their petition against the voter suppression laws here in Florida:
http://participate.lwv.org/c/8698/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3955

Video about the issue:
http://www.wftv.com/video/28546467/index.html
Election law discussion starts at 6:50.

Edited to add - I am not sure of the date of this video.
And here is the League of Women Voters of Florida website: http://www.lwvfla.org/

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3. Recommend

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4. K&R